[JENA-279] Make node cache configurable and use soft references

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Implemented
• Affects Version/s: Jena 2.7.2
• Fix Version/s: Jena 2.7.3
• Component/s: Jena
• Labels: jena-core node node-cache
• Assignee: Stephen Allen
• Reporter: Laurent Pellegrino
• Created: 19/Jul/12 11:05
• Updated: 05/Aug/12 16:48
• Resolved: 05/Aug/12 16:48

Description

It would be nice to offer the possibility to configure the NodeCache capacity and to use soft references in order to collect references when no more memory is available. The Node cache should not be the cause of an OutOfMemory error.